in 2015, the music box project curated a collaborative composition project ‘in 4’ - bringing together the music of 40 composers from around the world.

after receiving over 100 submissions to the brief “compose a cell that creatively responds to the number 4”, we selected and arranged 40 cells to form a new open work ‘in: 4’ (After Terry Riley’s in C!).
additionally, visual artist lauren austin created a new art work in response to the project.

download score for ‘in: 4’

a quartet of quartets premiered this work on march 4, 2015. afterwards, we celebrated by jamming on terry riley’s “in c” - anyone was welcome to join in.

clasikkon review by lliane clarke: https://www.classikon.com/concert/project-in-4/

cut common review by antonia zappia: https://www.cutcommonmag.com/live-review-the-music-box-project/

performers

: peter leung (ten sax), laura andrew (al sax), natasha effendy (cl), liz cheung (picc), jane aubourg (el vln), danica hobden (el gtr), wilbur whitta (el keys), joe manton (el bass), harry burgess (tmbn),
jackson bankovic (tmbn), paul meo (fl hn), joseph lisk (tpt), harry day (drums), milan monk (vib), elizabeth jigalin (pno), ciaran frame (aux perc)

composers
jay afrisand, erich bargaine, delia bartle, maggie bell, harry burgess, michael butkus-bomier, nicolas ciner, matthew colucci, justin comer, girolamo deraco, david drexler, philip eames, jack frerer, jacob alford garcia, josephine gibson, travis w. herd, sophie hoffman, oliver hollenbach, james humberstone, elizabeth jigalin, nathan r. johnson, edmund jolliffe, adrian kingwell, pete leung, marc laroussini, kirsten macaulay, stuart mcburney, nicole murphy, sara nguyen, marlene radice, juan maría solare, katherine sowerby, sophie spargo, max stannard, milo st. clare holmes, joseph tabua, alexis weaver, sally whitwell, mark wolf, jeffrey wu

photos by stephen forsyth & leanne barnett

project: in 4 (2015)